2008 Volvo S40 Owner's Manual - Page 132

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N - Neutral N is the neutral position. The engine can be started, but no gear is selected. Apply the 142 06 Starting and driving Automatic transmission parking brake when the car is stationary with the gear selector in N. NOTE If the gear selector is in the Neutral position and the vehicle has been at a standstill for at least 3 seconds, the brake pedal must be pressed before the gear selector can be moved to another position. In order to move the gear selector to another position: 1. Turn the ignition key to position II (if the engine is not already running). 2. Depress the brake pedal. 3. Move the gear selector to the desired position. D - Drive D is the normal driving position. The Drive position offers 5 forward gears1 . The car automatically shifts between the various forward gears, based on the level of acceleration and speed. The car must be at a standstill when shifting to position D from position R. 1 T5 models have 6 forward gears. Manual shifting - Geartronic The manual shifting mode (Geartronic) can be selected at any time to manually select forward gears, including while the car is moving. NOTE Reverse, Neutral, and Park cannot be selected in Geartronic mode. To access the ( M )anual shifting position from Drive ( D), move the gear selector to the right to M. To return to the ( D)rive position from M , move the gear selector to the left. While driving If you select the M position while driving, the gear that was being used in the Drive position will also initially be selected in the M position. Move the gear selector forward (toward "+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward (toward "-") to shift to a lower gear. If you hold the gear selector toward "-", the transmission will downshift one gear at a time and will utilize the braking power of the engine. If the current speed is too high for using a lower gear, the downshift will not occur until the speed has decreased enough to allow the lower gear to be used. If you slow to a very low speed, the transmission will automatically shift down.

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N - Neutral
N
is the neutral position. The engine can be started, but no gear is selected. Apply the
142
06 Starting and driving
Automatic transmission
parking brake when the car is stationary with the gear selector in
N
.
NOTE
If the gear selector is in the Neutral position and the vehicle has been at a standstill for at least 3 seconds, the brake
pedal must be pressed before the gear selector can be moved to another position.
In order to move the gear selector to another position:
1. Turn the ignition key to position II (if the engine is not already running).
2. Depress the brake pedal.
3. Move the gear selector to the desired position.
D - Drive
D
is the normal driving position. The Drive position offers 5 forward gears
1
. The car automatically shifts between the
various forward gears, based on the level of acceleration and speed. The car must be at a standstill when shifting to
position
D
from position
R
.
1
T5 models have 6 forward gears.
Manual shifting - Geartronic
The manual shifting mode (Geartronic) can be selected at any time to manually select forward gears, including while
the car is moving.
NOTE
Reverse, Neutral, and Park cannot be selected in Geartronic mode.
To access the (
M
)anual shifting position from Drive (
D
), move the gear selector to the right to M.
To return to the (
D
)rive position from
M
, move the gear selector to the left.
While driving
If you select the
M
position while driving, the gear that was being used in the Drive position will also initially be
selected in the
M
position.
Move the gear selector forward (toward "+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward (toward "-") to shift to a lower
gear.
If you hold the gear selector toward "-", the transmission will downshift one gear at a time and will utilize the
braking power of the engine. If the current speed is too high for using a lower gear, the downshift will not occur until
the speed has decreased enough to allow the lower gear to be used.
If you slow to a very low speed, the transmission will automatically shift down.